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The film chronicles the lives of a group of idealistic adolescents in a military art troupe in the People's Liberation Army during the Cultural Revolution. They experience love, lust, betrayal, and sufferings in the background of Mao-era songs and dances.
Nov 15, 2018 · Xiaoping is a talented dancer whose father has been branded a rightist and has been sent for re-education. The girl however, becomes a part of the PLA's dance troupe, brought in by the lead dancer Liu Feng.
Dec 15, 2017 · This is a movie about three soldiers, all of whom perform or serve in the People's Liberation Army during the mid-'70s, just before and after the death of Zeong Mao. Unfortunately, the makers of "Youth" fail to meaningfully address the time period that informs its protagonists' fraught relationships.
Watchlist. Page 1 of 2, 6 total items. Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. The members of a military cultural troupe come of age in the 1970s.
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- Good Spielberg vs Bad Spielberg
- Trouble with The Censors
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It’s near the end of the Cultural Revolution, and Xiaoping (Miao Miao) has been recruited to the dance troupe of the People’s Liberation Army. Xiaoping comes from a poor background, and her father has been in a re-education camp since she was very young. She’s excited about starting her new life in the military. It doesn’t take long for that excite...
So let’s tackle Feng‘s positive Spielbergian traits first. Youth is a film with a capital F, lavishly well-produced as any of Spielberg‘s works. It’s a visual treat, majestic in its use of light and colour. Some of the scenes are awe-inducingly beautiful; a woman takes a shower bathed in a heavenly glow, the cascade of the black material falling ov...
As is often the case with Chinese directors, Feng Xiaogang has run into trouble trying to get his film shown to domestic audiences. Originally slated for a September 29th release, Youth was suddenly pulled from the schedules. Though no official explanation was given, the general consensus was that a Communist Party Congress, an event that typically...
Youth is produced with sumptuous care, each shot composed ad lit perfectly, resulting in a movie that looks ravishing. Unfortunately the narrative is never as impressive; though the grander themes will translate for audiences across the globe, Feng‘s Spielbergian desire to over-sentimentalise every scene means that overall, Youthis more frustrating...
Youth is a sweeping, Spielbergian epic directed by Feng Xiaogang, who just a year before shot the monumental saga I Am Not Madame Bovary. It is also a rarely discussed gem that you probably have not heard of, but should definitely hunt down.
Sep 9, 2017 · By Maggie Lee. TIFF. Mainland Chinese cinema is bloated with youth romances wallowing in ’90s nostalgia, yet this pivotal stage in life has never appeared as pure, beatific and cruel as depicted...
